Chapter 2189

There was constant roaring inside the Front Guard Village; it was Iweier who had escaped the cage. She not only escaped the cage but also retrieved her war scythe. All of this, of course, was completed with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's secret assistance.

Although Iweier successfully escaped, she couldn't engage dozens of Tianba, so as soon as she escaped, she rushed out of the Front Guard Village.

Just over forty minutes ago, Iweier had rushed out of the Front Guard Village once, and now she was trying to rush out again. The Tianba naturally couldn't tolerate this, so even some Tianba with lower combat power were chasing her with bows and arrows.

There were over 200 Tianba in the Front Guard Village, 63 of whom had mastered 'Drowning' or 'Qin' abilities. The rest hadn't mastered these two abilities, but they weren't weak either; their technique abilities were all at the Master level, between lv. 35 and lv. 48.

Iweier attracted a lot of hatred. Before long, she rushed out of the Front Guard Village. Judging from those staggering footsteps, she had nearly been left there forever.

In the past, the Tianba's pursuit might have stopped here, but Iweier had entered and exited the Front Guard Village twice; no matter how you looked at it, it was a provocation.

Compared to the Tianba, the old Duke standing in front of a pavilion was more worried about Iweier's life or death. This was originally a part of his plan. If Iweier couldn't escape, that was fine, but once she did, the old Duke would have to consider whether to run away; one could imagine how much Iweier hated him now.

On the east side of the Front Guard Village, an arrow whistled and vanished into the dense forest.

The long blade pierced through flesh and blood, stabbing through the throat of a Tianba.

The Tianba whose throat was pierced glared in anger, using one hand to take an arrow from the quiver at its waist. It didn't know how many times it had repeated this action, so it was exceptionally skilled.

At the verge of death, the Tianba's right arm was raised high, the arrow in its hand stabbing toward Su Xiao's head.

With a 'bang', the dying Tianba was kicked away by Su Xiao, turning into a corpse while still in mid-air.

The corpse landed. At this time, four Tianba corpses were already lying near Su Xiao, and only two Tianba were still alive.

Su Xiao stepped forward half a step, slashing the long blade diagonally.

Clang!

The blade edge struck the incoming arrow, splitting it in two. The arrow, now in two pieces, flew past both sides of Su Xiao's body and vanished into the dense forest behind him.

Su Xiao chose to act by taking advantage of the commotion Iweier had caused. This was also the reason he had let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang help Iweier escape.

Su Xiao looked at the two Tianba in front, raised his hand, and gripped the arrow stuck in his shoulder. Engaging with the Tianba, getting shot was unavoidable. As long as he wasn't hit by multiple arrows in a short time, he could fully tank it with his vitality.

Just as Su Xiao made a move to pull out the arrow on his shoulder, the two Tianba, located over ten meters away, immediately leaped backward.

After a preliminary engagement, Su Xiao discovered that these Tianba who had mastered the Drowning ability loved to leap backward and shoot arrows. Doing so had many benefits: it could open up distance, and it could also make the horizontal flight trajectory of the arrows harder to capture.

Bang, bang!

Two arrows attacked head-on. Just as Su Xiao was about to slash forward with his blade, he immediately sensed something was wrong—these two arrows were too close to each other.

With a 'boom', the two arrows collided in mid-flight, and the shattered arrow fragments splashed everywhere.

Su Xiao extended one hand forward, and a crystal layer spread in his hand. The shattered arrow fragments slammed into the crystal layer, and muffled sounds spread out.

The two Tianba landed, both stepping forward with their left feet, their figures standing straight.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao immediately charged forward. Just a moment ago, five Tianba had struck this pose, followed by a rainstorm of arrows. Su Xiao had hard-tanked the arrows to kill three of them, taking four arrows in the process.

Bang bang bang...

The bowstrings between the fingers of the two Tianba vibrated into afterimages. There were only two of them, yet they fired dozens of arrows in an extremely short time.

Arrow after arrow attacked Su Xiao, penetrating his body without any obstruction. In the state of spatial penetration, the arrows couldn't hurt Su Xiao in the slightest.

Just as the spatial penetration state ended, Su Xiao suddenly stopped his footsteps.

"Blade Dao Blade · Blue Ghost."

Zing!

A cyan-blue blade glow slashed out, passing directly across the face of one Tianba. The fingers pulling the bowstring lost their strength, and the whole person collapsed to the ground.

This kind of full-firepower ability of the Tianba was terrifying, but it wasn't without risk. When they used this move, they had to concentrate all the energy in their bodies into their arms, legs, and waist, making their heads very fragile.

Of the six Tianba, only one remained. In this situation, most enemies would choose to flee or let out a roar.

But this Tianba didn't do so, because it knew very well that even a moment of distraction now could lead to being slashed by the Blade Master in front.

With a 'boom', mud splashed under Su Xiao's feet, and he lunged directly at the last Tianba. In this kind of situation, hard confrontation was enough; other methods were just a waste of time.

After a dangerous but not particularly massive battle, the long blade in Su Xiao's hand slashed across the throat of the last Tianba.

Blood, a bright red tinged with a hint of azure, scattered on the ground. Su Xiao leaned against the wooden wall, and after confirming there were no other Tianba nearby, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The Tianba were harder to deal with than imagined, but they weren't as unsolvable as imagined either.

The Tianba fought by relying on technique abilities. To deal with this kind of enemy, one first had to get used to their fighting style. As long as one was used to it and found their flaws, dealing with them would be much more handy.

In Su Xiao's view, the most troublesome thing about the Drowning-type Tianba wasn't their terrifying attack power, but their predictive arrows, their coordination, and their aerial archery skills.

Even so, fighting the Tianba was also very interesting. This wasn't a clash of energy, but a contest of techniques. No matter which side it was, a slight carelessness would lead to doom. This was the experience of fighting a technique expert—life and death were decided in an instant.

High risk also had high rewards. Su Xiao looked at the six Tianba corpses. Killing the Tianba didn't drop a treasure chest, but instead dropped a kind of exquisite cloth bag.

【You have obtained Soul Money Bag x5.】

【Hint: From this Soul Money Bag, you can randomly obtain 1–10 Soul Coins (Tier 7).】

【Hint: Because the Hunter has obtained the Soul Money Bag, the unique reward mechanism for the God Kingdom area has been activated.】

【The Hunter can use Soul Coins (Tier 7) to exchange for items in the following list.】

1. Sky Walk (Holy Spirit-level ornament)

Hint: After wearing this equipment, you can increase your long-range basic abilities by two tiers in a short time, up to the Master level. Depending on the situation, the effect can last for 5–30 minutes.

Hint: Ornament-type equipment is extremely rare, and only one can be worn at a time.

Price: 105 Soul Coins (Tier 7)

2. Electric Walk (Holy Spirit-level ornament)

Hint: After wearing this equipment, the overall damage intensity of lightning-type abilities is increased by 32%, and it comes with a certain amount of true damage.

Hint: Ornament-type equipment is extremely rare, and only one can be worn at a time.

Price: 103 Soul Coins (Tier 7)

3. God's Judgment (Growth-type equipment)

Hint: Equipment attributes can be seen after exchange.

Hint: This equipment can grow by slaughtering extremely evil gods (extremely evil gods are mostly Ancient Gods).

Price: 129 Soul Coins (Tier 7)

4. Noble Wrist Ornament (Special equipment)

Hint: Attributes can be seen after exchange.

Price: 61 Soul Coins (Tier 7)

5. Tianba Basic Language Proficiency (Knowledge-type reward)

Hint: After exchanging for this reward, you will initially master the Tianba language and be able to negotiate fluently with the Tianba.

Price: 1 Soul Coin (Tier 7)

Hint: This reward can be exchanged for a maximum of 5 times per person.